It’s ironic. I’m breaking a few months of silence only to be – silent.
What am I talking about?
The use of the internet as a vehicle of free speech and innovation has always been important to me. As a matter of fact, I started blogging because there were some things that I did not like and I sought to help change those things that I did not like. SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) can be used as an internet censorship tool.
Free speech and the internet matter.
So why, are most major news networks silent on the issue of SOPA?
On Jan 18th, my blog will darken and join the Internet blackout initiative to bring awareness and protest SOPA.
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September 13th, 2011 5 CommentsI don’t like tunnel vision. Many times multiple disciplines allowed me to draw in from those experiences and approach problems from different angles. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a Read more…
Blogger Vs. Blogger Part I
September 10th, 2011 No CommentsTo follow up on the Blogger vs Blogger idea I had last week I’m posting the results of the first challenge. But, before I do I realized that I never explained where the idea came from. Taking cue from WordlessWednesday (which I think is very cool, but just not my thing) I thought about bloggers Read more…
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What Happened To My Favorite Blogger?
September 7th, 2011 2 CommentsWhile armchair bloggers usually don’t have a mechanism in place that holds them accountable to update their blogs, it feels like a huge let down when a blogger does not update in a predictable pattern or worse – abandons their blog completely! This is what I thought after spending some time browsing a few blogs Read more…
What You Can Do To Add Diversity To Google+ Suggested User List
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Blogger Vs. Blogger
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Would You Do It For Free?
September 2nd, 2011 1 Comment“I love my job.” “Would you do it for free?” Even since hearing this exchange a number of years ago, I’ve since used it to identify what I truly love doing. The idea behind it is not destructive or sarcastic, but an attempt to get you in touch with what motivates you and what you Read more…
Oldies, but Goodies
September 1st, 2011 No CommentsHere are some older posts that are still popular. Enjoy. Pseudo Social Media Certifications – they don’t exist, don’t bother. Tweaking your Social Media settings to Protect your Network – your social friends are potentially another person’s resource Be a Content DJ – Remixing your Material – Lost for content, it may be sitting under Read more…
I Write, You Read
August 31st, 2011 No CommentsThankfully, the other day someone had asked me how my blog fits into the whole Latino social media scene, and thus prompted this post for today. You could file entry this under the Editor’s Note section… just don’t ask me where that area is because it does not exist. That last statement makes for a Read more…
Stay Away From Those With The Crab Mentality
August 30th, 2011 3 CommentsCrab mentality, sometimes referred to as crabs in the bucket, describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you.” The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the pot, but instead, they grab at each other in a useless Read more…
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- @JonByington ah, I'll take care of that. Thank you
- RT @ChrisVossBlog: True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing! Socrates
- Steinback's Grapes of Wrath is a grood read for those on support side of #immigration issue.
- @NYTIMES just lost my readership w their paid subscription
- RT @RealAdrianC: Cold SOPA: Online Latinos Black Out to Fight Internet Piracy Bills w/ @ergeekgoddess @julito77 @louispagan http://t.co/ ...
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